Difference between revisions of "Optimizing video on ubuntu"
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The current state of affairs is that my nvidia machine will run GoogleEarth and play video. | The current state of affairs is that my nvidia machine will run GoogleEarth and play video. | ||
The ati machine will not run GoogleEarth and it sometimes stutters on video. | The ati machine will not run GoogleEarth and it sometimes stutters on video. | ||
| + | Also, I'd like to know how to generate an xorg.conf file since I blew mine away at one point to recover from a failed driver installation. | ||
| + | Also, I think | ||
<pre> | <pre> | ||
rday@merkli:/var/log$ lspci | grep VGA | rday@merkli:/var/log$ lspci | grep VGA | ||
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rday@weasel:/var/log/landscape$ lsmod | grep nvidia | rday@weasel:/var/log/landscape$ lsmod | grep nvidia | ||
nvidia 10316904 36 | nvidia 10316904 36 | ||
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| + | rday@weasel:/var/log/landscape$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf | ||
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| + | Section "Screen" | ||
| + | Identifier "Default Screen" | ||
| + | DefaultDepth 24 | ||
| + | EndSection | ||
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| + | Section "Module" | ||
| + | Load "glx" | ||
| + | EndSection | ||
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| + | Section "Device" | ||
| + | Identifier "Default Device" | ||
| + | Driver "nvidia" | ||
| + | Option "NoLogo" "True" | ||
| + | EndSection | ||
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</pre> | </pre> | ||
OK, so the nvidia machine is already running the closed binary driver. Not much to do there. | OK, so the nvidia machine is already running the closed binary driver. Not much to do there. | ||
Revision as of 00:03, 20 November 2009
I'd like to get better performance out of my video cards. I have nvidia and ati cards in systems. The default drivers from Ubuntu work just fine, but if I can get better video playback or GoogleEarth performance, I think I need to try using closed binary drivers.
This link looks like the most helpful documentation I've seen for this process: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Video
Background
The current state of affairs is that my nvidia machine will run GoogleEarth and play video. The ati machine will not run GoogleEarth and it sometimes stutters on video. Also, I'd like to know how to generate an xorg.conf file since I blew mine away at one point to recover from a failed driver installation.
Also, I think
rday@merkli:/var/log$ lspci | grep VGA 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc R350 AH [Radeon 9800] rday@merkli:/var/log$ lsmod | grep radeon radeon 636000 2 ttm 36212 1 radeon drm 159584 4 radeon,ttm i2c_algo_bit 5760 1 radeon
rday@weasel:/var/log/landscape$ lspci | grep VGA
05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G71 [GeForce 7300 GS] (rev a1)
rday@weasel:/var/log/landscape$ lsmod | grep nvidia
nvidia 10316904 36
rday@weasel:/var/log/landscape$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
DefaultDepth 24
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "glx"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Default Device"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
EndSection
OK, so the nvidia machine is already running the closed binary driver. Not much to do there.
